Services, seminars, conferences and broadcasts with gospel themes are the church’s traditional answers for society’s ills, but bringing calm to the chaos through gospel rap may be the next ticket.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Frayser is coming together to not only celebrate Good Friday, but also hear the message of one local gospel rap group. As a way to bridge the gap between faith and activism, a ...

16 WAPT'S CRYSTAL HAS MORE ON HIS JOURNEY AND HOW THIS ALL CAME TO BE. NAT TRACK JACKSON NATIVE, COURTLAND LIDDELL SHARES HIS EXCITEMENT AFTER WINNING HIS FIRST GRAMMY AS A MIXING ENGINEER. SOT ...

Renowned French Romantic author Victor Hugo is credited with saying, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” It makes us wonder about the unspoken and ...

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group “Artist of the Week,” bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist ...

We at war with terrorism, racism but most of all we at war with ourselves. -- Kanye West, "Jesus Walks" It seemed at long last that commercial rap had finally come to Jesus. Thanks to "Jesus Walks," a ...

One “yes” changed Dante’ Pride’s life. Nine months or so ago, a clip of gospel music legend Lisa Page Brooks singing the phrase “the Devil is a liar” went viral. Pride, a Christian hip-hop artist from ...

A choir clad in pink and purple blotted church vestments wandered onto the stage at Stubb’s BBQ on almost fifteen minutes fashionably late on Thursday. Big Freedia, a.k.a. Freddie Ross Jr., followed ...

*Held recently at Security Square Mall in Baltimore the 18 th annual “Uplifting Minds II” (ULMII) entertainment conference’s national talent showcase competition was dominated by Gospel Rappers and ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Twenty-five years ago, she was known only as “Baby Doe,” found abandoned under a stairwell at a Greensboro apartment complex. Today, Angel Thomas is a college graduate, entrepreneur ...

On Monday (July 7), the Barter 6 rapper took to X, writing, “If u a rapper and u a rat, u just gotta go gospel twin.” It’s unclear exactly who the recently freed emcee is referring to, though perhaps ...